Mr. Vijai Kumar is a career diplomat. He has served in various positions in the Ministry of External Affairs in India and in Indian Missions abroad in the Middle East, Gulf, Europe and the Americas, including the Indian Mission to the United Nations in New York. He has diverse experience in international relations.

Mr. Kumar assumed charge in Port Moresby as the High Commissioner of India to the Independent State of Papua New Guinea on 8 July 2018. He is joined by his wife. He has two children. ••